Card Images from the Le Tarot d' Oswald Wirth

Le Tarot d' Oswald Wirth review by Freddie

Oswald Wirth was a Swiss occultist that is mostly remembered nowadays for designing one of the first Tarot decks with metaphysical symbolism in the late 1800’s. His deck changed a little in imagery due to later re-workings, but remained true to his original goal of ‘illuminating’ the Tarot De Marseille. He felt that with his new design that he was restoring the hieroglyphical purity that had been lost throughout time back into the Tarot. Oswald also wanted to show the Tarot in the light of ‘freemasonry’ and added design elements that suggest the process of initiation into a lodge/freemasonry.

His deck first appeared in the Tarot literary classic ‘Tarot of the Bohemians’ by Papus. In 1927 Wirth published his own now classic book ‘Tarot of The Magicians’ to coincide with the r... read more reviews or write a review.